Farm-gate



(No Model.)

F. M. SMILEY. FARM GATE.

' No 243,988. Patented July'fi, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. SMILEY, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,988, dated July 5,1881.

Application filedMay 5,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. SMILEY, a citizen of the United States,resident of Goshen, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Gates and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of mygate. Fig. 2 is a plan view, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

This invention relates to an improvement in gates; and it consists inthe improved features of construction and combination hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings the letters A A designate two gate-sectionsconstructed in any suitable manner and arranged for sliding action.

Pivoted to the upper portions, near the forward or meeting ends of thegate-sections, are the vertically vibrating and operating levers a a,which are also pivoted to fixed supports at or near their lower ends. Asthe perpendicular height of these levers exceeds the height of the'gates, they have a tendency to raise the same clear of the ground whenoperated. This is designed to be accomplished from the road-bed by meansof the cranks or rods F F, actuating the connecting-rods c e, and theoperating-bar 0, running across the road parallel with the gate.

In the road-bed, at suitable distances on opposite sides of the gate,are pivoted the cranks or bows F, which may traverse the road its entirewidth, and are provided with slotted plates at, to actuate the rods 0 eand their connections in the process of opening and closing the gatefrom whatsoever point the wheels of the vehicle may strike them.

0 represents a bar or slide running across the road-bed, and held inposition by means of suitable bearings and cleats or guides t a, whichbear, respectively, lower faces. The cleats or keepers m on also serveto hold the slide in a working position. The bar 0 is provided with theracks an, which are engaged by the pinions s s on thevertically-operating levers a a, respectively above and below theirpivotal bearings, as shown in the drawings.

B represents a T-shaped dou ble-actin g lever having connected to eachof its wings one of the connecting-rods e, and secured or pivoted by itspower end to the transverse bar 0 at one side of the road-bed.

G G indicate panels of a fence on opposite sides of the gate, the upperrails of which serve as guides or bearings for the rollers t t, whichare journaled in the rear portions or uprights, h, at the top of eachgate-section, and bear on the rails of the fence, which are connected tothe gate by means of loops or guides 12, being secured to thegatesections and passing around the fencerail,

The road cranks or bows running across the road are held in verticalposition by means of suitable springs, l, as indicated in the drawlugs.

WVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

In combination with the sliding gate-sec tions, the vibratory leverspivoted to the upper portions of the'sections, the transverse slide-racka, connecting-rods e c, slotted plate m, T-lever, and springroad-cranks, as shown and described.

upon its upper and In testimony that I claim the above I have hereuntosubscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. SMILEY.

